All Devices Anyone turn off all the smart stuff?

[Brien]

Am I the only one who goes through and disables Siri suggestions, shortcuts, and any and all other smart/proactive features?

I have personally never found them useful.

 

[Puppuccino]

I’m the same, I’ve disabled Siri Suggestions and all that other guff as it’s not useful for me.

I even deleted the shortcuts app because automations never worked. Turn WiFi off when I leave home never triggered. Very disappointing.

 

[I7guy]

I have Siri and shortcuts on. I’m playing around with automation but not getting too far.

 

[victoriani]

I don't use Siri fully but she has learnt my routine during the weekdays and offers to put my alarm on every evening for the following morning. I like that. I also use shortcuts for various things. Just makes it quicker and more convenient. 🙂

 

[Shirasaki]

I disable Siri cause she is incapable of processing requests with mixed language, making the only possible use of playing music hands free cumbersome. For example, asking Siri to “play ハッピータイフン” will not work.

 

[CTHarrryH]

I turned all off

 

[IowaLynn]

Same. I wish Siri would not even ask to be enabled when I accidentally press power button or combination- make Siri power + volume down?

 

[bmac89]

Same. I wish Siri would not even ask to be enabled when I accidentally press power button or combination- make Siri power + volume down?

You use to be able to switch that completely off with iOS 11 on a home button device. I would have thought it would be the same still for non-home button devices, but perhaps not.

 

[motulist]

Yesssssssss. All those "smart" features just get in the way and slow my workflow down. I wish I could turn more of them off. In fact that's one of the reasons why I'm planning to jailbreak soon.

 

[Shirasaki]

Same. I wish Siri would not even ask to be enabled when I accidentally press power button or combination- make Siri power + volume down?

You use to be able to switch that completely off with iOS 11 on a home button device. I would have thought it would be the same still for non-home button devices, but perhaps not.

Here is the setting. Under accessibility, side button.